Awards, Prizes and Challenges in the schedule
● EURO Gold Medal (EGM 2021)
● EURO Distinguished Service Medal Award (EDSM 2021)
● EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award (EDDA 2021)
● EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EEPA 2021)
● EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper (EABEP 2021)
● ROADEF/EURO Challenge
EURO AWARDS AND PRIZES
EURO Gold Medal (EGM 2027)
The EURO Gold Medal (EGM) is the highest distinction within OR in Europe. The
award is conferred on a prominent person or team or institution, for an outstanding
contribution to the OR science.
The award is officially bestowed in the opening session of the EURO 2027
Conference in Athens (GR).
Jury of the EURO Gold Medal 2027
● Justo Puerto Albandoz (Spain) – chair
● Giovanni Felici (Italy)
● Kaisa Miettinen (Finland)
● Ridha Mahjoub (France)
● Karen Aardal (Netherlands)
EURO Distinguished Service Award (EDSA 2027)
The EURO Distinguished Service Award honours extraordinary efforts in recognition
of distinguished service to EURO and to the profession of OR. The award will be
officially presented at the opening session.
Jury of the EURO Distinguished Service Award 2027
● Sally Brailsford (UK) – chair
● Albert Wagelmans (Netherlands)
● Paula Carroll (Ireland)
● Marion Rauner (Austria)
● Zrinka Lukač (Croatia)
EURO Excellence in Practice Award (EEPA 2021)
Sponsored by 
The EURO Excellence in Practice award is for the best submission and presentation
describing an application of Operational Research in practice. This year there are six
finalists who will present their work during special sessions during the conference.
The purposes of the competition are to:
● recognise outstanding accomplishments in the practice of OR,
● attract more application-oriented papers to EURO-k Conferences,
● promote the practice of OR in general.
Jury of the EURO Excellence in Practice Award 2027
2027 Finalists:
The award will be presented to the winner(s) at the closing session.
Members of the 2027 Jury:
● John Poppelaars (The Netherlands) – chair
● Ruth Kaufman (UK)
● Geir Hasle (Norway)
● Tobias Achterberg (Germany) [GUROBI rep]
● Bahar Yetis Kara (Turkey)
EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award (EDDA 2027)
The purpose of the EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award is to distinguish an
outstanding doctoral dissertation in Operational Research, defended in the countries
having an OR society that is a member of EURO. Four finalists will present their work
at a special session during the conference.
Jury of the EURO Doctoral Dissertation Award 2027
● Eduardo Pardo (Spain) – chair
● Yiannis Mourtos (Greece)
● Natasha Shakhlevich (UK)
● Tea Šestanović (Croatia)
● Dilek Günneç (Turkey)
2027 Finalists:
The award will be presented to the winner at the closing session.
EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper (EABEP 2027)
Sponsored by 
EURO has three annual awards available for papers published by EJOR: best survey
paper; best application paper; and best theory/methodology paper. Winners for each
category have been selected by a jury, and these awards will be presented at the
closing session.
Jury of the EURO Award for the Best EJOR Paper 2027
● Tibor Illés (Hungary) – chair
● Iris Vis (Netherlands)
● Martin Schmidt (Germany)
● José Fernando Oliveira (Portugal) [EJOR rep]
● Bissan Ghaddar (Spain)